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@nimh tetes @anni @fitta CHARLES E. BUTLER, O'E HUDSON, NEW YORK. Lezers Patent No. 65,340, dated June 4, i857.

IMPROVED WEATHER-STRIP.

'lO ALL 'WHOM I'l MAY OONGERN:

Be it known that I, C. E. BUTLER, of Hudson, in the county of Columbia, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Self-Acting Weather-Strip; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specieaton, in which- Figure 1 represents avertical cross-section through the casing of a door on which my improved weatherstrp is secured. v

Figure 2 is a detail sectional view of the weather-strip. I

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a weather-strip, and to the manner of applying the saine; and consists in so constructing the fastening and other devices that the'weather-strip is at all times firmly pressed against the door or window to which it .is applied.

A represents the casing of an outside door. B B are the weather-strips, which are wooden bars, oblong, lin cross-section, and each as long as the side of the casing on which it is secured. The strips are fitted around the inside of the casing, and are well mitred at the corners, and are fitted in such a manner that each can move independent of the others, while the points between them are comparatively tight. In each strip B are countersunk and secured, by means of screws a, or otherwise, two or more metal plates C. A screw, D, is passed through a slot in the plate C and strip B into the casing of the-door, the slot permitting the strip, when thus secured, to slide on the 'screws in the casing. E is a spring, which is attachedto the under side of the plate C, and which presses against the weather-side of the screw D, when the door is, as shown, arranged on the outside of the casing, so as to move the strips as far outward as possible. As soon as the door is closed it will force the strips back, and the springs will then press the latter against the door, thereby keeping all the points completely tight. By taking out the screws the strip can be removed and easily reapplied. 'lhe springs can he elliptic or spiral, or of any other suitable shape or form, and are made of steel or other suitable mater'inl. The invention can be applied with advantage to windows as well as doors.

I claim ns new, and desireto secure by Letters Patentv The elastic weather-strips, formed by combining with the slotted strips B the slotted plates C, screws D, and springs E, all made and operating substantially as herein shown and described.

CHAS. E. BUTLER.

\ Witnesses z A. ROSSMAN, GEO. B. ALLEN. 

